[PD] [msgfile] on OSX cannot read

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Roman Haefeli wrote:
> 
> thanks for your answer. i couldn't get it to work. i must say, that
> i'm not an osx user myself and the problem is probably that i'm not
> too experienced with it. 
> i have installed h.c. steiners newest pd.app (0.38.4). since i couldn't find
> the .pdrc-file and have no idea where to put it, i just added in:
> Pd -> Preferences -> Path  
> the entry '.' (without quotes). suddenly the [msgfile]-[read(-problem
> is still existing.

well, not very sudden....
bad to hear.

> 
> sorry for asking such basic questions:
> where is the .pdrc-file in the pd.app?
> what is the name of it?

authoritive answer: there is no such thing as a .pdrc in pd-0.38.4
thus it has no name.
using File->Path should be perfect.

you could also try to start pd from a shell.

> 
> if somebody has an already compiled and fixed zexy.pd_darwin, i would
> really appreciate to get it.
> 

any volunteers ?


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